kuvusha
koo-VOO-shah
How to say it
Swahilikuvushakoo-VOO-shahsoon
Meaning
To take people, animals or goods from one side to the other, across a river, a road or a border. Kuvusha kimagendo is to smuggle goods across a border.
Good to know
Causative of kuvuka, to cross: kuvusha abiria, to ferry passengers; kuvusha mifugo, to take livestock across. The passive kuvushwa, to be taken across.
Examples
- Mtumbwi huu huvusha watu kwenda upande wa pili.This canoe ferries people to the other side.
- Mwalimu aliwavusha watoto barabara.The teacher took the children across the road.
- Walikamatwa wakijaribu kuvusha sukari kimagendo.They were caught trying to smuggle sugar across the border.
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